Evidence: | '[editor's words] Previous to her arrival in Stirlingshire she had learnt to read with distinctness and propriety; and, under the tuition of Mrs Marshall, became an adept in this rare accomplishment. In books she soon discovered a substitute even for a playmate: her first hero was Wallace, with whom she became enamoured, by learning to recite Blind Harry's Lays. Two or three of Shakespeare's historical plays came in her way; the history of England followed. She happened to meet with Ogilvie's translation of Homer's Iliad, and soon learnt to idolize Achilles, and almost to dream of Hector'. |
||||||||||
Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1767 and 31 Dec 1769 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | county: Stirlingshire | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
|
||||||||||
Type of Experience (Listener): |
|
Reader: | Elizabeth Hamilton |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 25 Jul 1758 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | [A history of England] |
Genre: | History |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20764 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Elizabeth Hamilton | |
Editor: | Miss Benger | |
Title: | Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1819 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 35 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Elizabeth Hamilton, Miss Benger (ed.), Memoirs of the Late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton with a Selection from her Correspondence (London, 1819), p. 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20764, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)